Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows
Katie Albright
UC Berkeley EXCEL
Executive Director
California
Cara Aley
Global Operations Consultant
Maryland
Reggie Bicha
American Public Human Services Association
President and CEO
Colorado
Mia Birdsong
Next River
Executive Director
California
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale
Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research
Professor Emerita of Human Development and Social Policy
Illinois
Karla Davis
Whole Child Strategies, Inc.
Operations/HR Director
Tennessee
Steven Dow
CAP Tulsa
Founder and Special Advisor
Oklahoma
Christopher King
Ray Marshall Center, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer
Texas
Andrea Levere
Capitalize Good
CEO
District of Columbia
Meera Mani
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Vice President, Families and Communities
California
C. Nicole Mason
Institute for Women's Policy Research
President Emerita
District of Columbia
Margaret McKenna
Boston Human Rights Commission
Chairwoman
Massachusetts
Wes Moore
State of Maryland
Governor of Maryland
Maryland
Vivian Nixon
Columbia Justice Lab Square One Project
Writer in Residence
New York
Eduardo Padron
Miami Dade College
President Emeritus
Florida
Gloria Perez
Women's Foundation of Minnesota
President and CEO
Minnesota
Mario Small
Department of Sociology at Columbia University
Quetelet Professor of Social Science
Massachusetts
Henry Wilde
Acelero Learning, Inc.
Co-Founder & CEO
Wisconsin
Dr. Richard E. Wylie
In Memoriam
Massachusetts
Steve Liss
Boston Filmworks
Executive Director
Massachusetts
Ascend Fellows are a community of values-driven leaders who share an unwavering commitment to our shared goal of intergenerational family prosperity and well-being.